How do I find an item in the Historical Manuscript and University Archives Collections?

The Manuscripts and Archives section of USM Special Collections holds more than 10,000 cubic feet of historical manuscripts, photographs, and University archives, specializing in the Civil Rights Movement, the timber and railroad industries in Mississippi, the Civil War, USM university records, and other original materials associated with Mississippi history and culture. Among its holdings are the papers of Theodore G. Bilbo, William Colmer, Will D. Campbell, Victoria Gray Adams, and the Herbert Randall Freedom Summer Photographs.